Draped in crimson silk and carved from dark walnut, the ornate canopied bed that once cradled President Ulysses after his triumphant 1873 visit to Colorado's booming mining town of Central City fills the frame with Victorian opulence — the elaborately scrolled headboard and matching footboard a testament to the wealth that silver and gold poured into the Teller House hotel. The room's scarlet hangings and gilt-framed mirror evoke an era when Central City was called "the richest square mile on earth," and Ulysses himself was feted as a conquering hero just eight years after Appomattox. The Teller House, built in 1872 at a cost of $107,000, was considered the finest hotel between Chicago and San Francisco; local legend holds that a silver sidewalk was laid before its doors for the President's arrival. Printed in the warm, saturated tones characteristic of mid-century chrome-era cards, this unused souvenir captures a piece of Gilded Age Americana that visitors still line up to see.